Alien Softie

Alien Softie - obviously from a butterfly world.

The design.
A colored version with background. Note the addition of arms.

The designer himself - my 5 1/2 year old son! I love, love, love kid's art! How could I not turn this drawing into a softie?

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Sewn by Momma. I had to make the body a little bit bigger than his drawing on the 8 1/2" X 11" paper because he really wanted to use that butterfly fabric - which was 6 1/2" and I wanted to take full advantage of the butterflys. That was a good move because any smaller and it would have been very fiddly to sew together. I used a quarter for the eyeball template - they are made out of fleece and buttonhole stitched down so I didn't have to turn under raw edges. Gotta love fleece when you don't have any felt on hand!
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I'm happy to report that the sun finally came out today and there wasn't much wind so we went for a walk and had a picnic of hot soup. 3C, almost tropical I tell you - whoo-hoo! It was only us and the deer prints out there. Oops - no palm trees so maybe not so tropical.

Checking the depth of puddles where the ice is thin enough to stomp through - good thing those boots are semi-waterproof! This photo reminded me of when I was little -my Grandpa used to make us wonderful walking sticks - they were great for checking puddle depths, among other uses. Hummmm, I think my boy needs one!